Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos [[electronic resource] ] : a technological history from Cristofori to the modern concert grand / / Edwin M. Good

• Autore: Good Edwin M (Edwin Marshall), <1928-2014, >
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2001
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxv, 369 p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 786.2/19/09
• Soggetto topico: Piano - History; Piano - Construction; Music; Music, Dance, Drama & Film; Music History & Criticism, Instrumental
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-347) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Illustrations -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Author's note -- ; [ch.] 1. Technology and the piano -- ; [ch.] 2. The earliest pianos -- ; [ch.] 3. The classic piano -- ; [ch.] 4. Beethoven and the growing grand -- ; [ch.] 5. Pianos from early-nineteenth-century homes -- ; [ch.] 6. Iron enters the piano -- ; [ch.] 7. The french take the lead -- ; [ch.] 8. The radical americans -- ; [ch.] 9. The europeans imitate - or do not -- ; [ch.] 10. Some odds and dead ends -- ; [ch.] 11. The modern piano -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Giraffes, black dragons, and other pianos
• ISBN: 0-8047-3316-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248000703316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: ACLS Humanities E-Book.